Point-of-care, peer-comparator colonoscopy practice audit: The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Quality Program - Endoscopy

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-20

  Armstrong, David ^a   Hollingworth, Roger ^b   MacIntosh, Donald ^c   Chen, Ying ^a   Daniels, Sandra ^d   Gittens, Stuart ^e   Bridges, Ron ^f   Sinclair, Paul ^d   Dubé, Catherine ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Canadian Association of Gastroenterology   (Canada)

^e ECD Solutions   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Health care; Practice audit; Quality assurance; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECAL INTUBATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEUM INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE PRACTICE AUDIT; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEDATION; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952274923     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/320904     Document Type: Article

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